Totally crazy day , we were out golfing and a huge lightning storm passed thru and hit the coarse a couple holes over. We decided to stop playing since we were swinging metal sticks right before it hit. It was so wild when it hits 2000 ft from where you are then the crack 2-4 seconds. It rattles thru your whole body. Basically scared everyone there. Anyways just crazy.

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that is one of the reasons I have nothing more than respect for electricity.

That's what you get for playing golf. Sheesh...when are you guys gonna learn? Billiards is for tables NOT lawns.

Glad to hear nobody got zapped.

Cheers

I remember being lectured on this in a middle school science class. IIRC the teacher said something like "Lightning is the #1 killer of golfers." A girl laughed out loud at him and he got all mad at her and chewed her out. Jeez, like it's not a funny mental image to suddenly be hit with.

I live in Florida - Space Coast.

Most people worry about sharks at the beach. I tell them it is lightning they should worry about.

Every year way more people are hurt/killed by lightning at golf courses, the beach or boating than sharks.

Now we need a way to capture and store those free mega watts raining down from the sky!

Did you know there are some alternate theories being looked into (at the sub-atomic level) as to how lightning is generated other than the old up and down drafts. Seems to me it would take some very strong up/down drafts to generate the huge amounts of electricity we know as lightning.